

If they don't give me one, I'm gonna buy a trophy for it."ĥ0 Cent onstage during the "BMF" world premiere screening and concert on Septemin Atlanta, Georgia. "I think people are going to be blown away by it, it may even end up winning an award. Proud of their work together, 50 Cent thinks people will love the episode focusing on Eminem and White Boy Rick, and he expects academy recognition. When considering the logistics on how they made the performance work across Rick's different ages, 50 Cent said he told Eminem, "'Yo, they have this technology they used in The Irishman where we can bring you back down to your teenage age' and he was like 'yo, let's do it.'" "It was not that difficult to get Em, because we have a great relationship and if he ever finds a point where he could do something to help or support me, or catapult me to the next level, he's the first guy in line to do it," 50 Cent said.Īlthough there were times in the past where Eminem could have played White Boy Rick previously, 50 Cent said this time, once Eminem found out the project would be in his hometown of Detroit and he was available, he was on board. In BMF he's playing the role of White Boy Rick, whose story was famously told in the 2018 drama White Boy Rick, starring Matthew McConaughey. The Fugees Back Together on Reunion Tour Despite Long History of TurmoilĮminem hasn't turned in a dramatic performance in film or television since 2002's 8 Mile.The Top Song of Every Summer Since 1958.

Eminem's Adopted Child Comes Out As Non-Binary in Heartfelt TikTok Video.I was getting updates from the acting coaches on him and having Tasha Smith direct him in the first and last episodes of BMF helped him feel comfortable too."
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"Moving him to a different environment made him have a full on focus for acting. Thousands of people read for the part in Atlanta, casting agents searched in California but in the end 50 Cent decided to put "Lil Meech" in acting classes. "I don't think that this is ever gonna happen like this again."

is that the BMF star didn't have an acting background.
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The casting of BMF replicates the movie Straight Outta Compton, as the role of Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory is being played by his real life son Demetrius Flenory Jr.ĥ0 Cent says the difference between the casting of O'Shea Jackson Jr. I think that passion for music drove him." "Even with the success of the business on the street side, Meech was able to keep himself associated with successful artists in the culture. The new season of "BMF" starts on Starz on Sunday, September 26 at 9 p.m.
